Products in Cosmetic Ingredients: Cleansing

Cetiol® PGL is a medium spreading emollient that has good balancing sensorial properties and is suitable for all cosmetic applications. It is a colorless oil with weak inherent odor. This product is suitable for use in Skin Care, Cleanser, Hair care, Shampoo and Conditioner, Styling product, Bath and Body, Hand and foot care, Personal care and Face Care.

Gluadin® W 40 BP is a hydrolyzed wheat protein that adheres to the surface of the hair to protect and improve its condition. It is suitable as a care additive for personal care products, such as mild surfactant preparations, skin and hair care products. It is an amber liquid with a characteristic inherent odor, a dry substance content of 40.0-44.0%, a total nitrogen content of 5.2-6.5%, and an ash content of not more than 1.5%.

Luvitol® Lite is an emollient that is suitable for use in a variety of cosmetic products. It is a clear to slightly cloudy liquid with a distinct smell. It is commonly used in after-sun products, baby care and cleansing products, body care products, color care products, face care products, face cleansing products, personal care wipes, and sun protection products.

Cetiol® Ultimate is the ultimate sensory solution for unique textures in skin care leave-on applications. This ultrafast-spreading emollient has a wide range of applications, ranging from ultra-thin oil-in-water formulations to clear sun protection formulations or smooth dry body oils. Thanks to its volatile properties, Cetiol® Ultimate makes products easy to apply, absorb quickly, and leave a smooth, dry feeling. This 100% renewable-based, volatile hydrocarbon is readily biodegradable and is approved by ECOCERT, COSMOS, and NATRUE.

Nutrilan® Keratin W PP acts as a protective and caring substance for the skin, while also being a hair-identical protein hydrolysate that fortifies the hair shaft and enhances its strength and elasticity. This active is ideal for use in hair care, skin care, and body care applications. Nutrilan® Keratin W PP revitalizes the hair's natural protective layer by providing targeted support. Known for its ability to rebuild tensile strength, restore elasticity, and reduce breakage, keratin protein is a valuable ingredient for maintaining healthy hair.

Salcare® SC 95 is a versatile conditioning polymer and rheology modifier used in various cosmetic applications. It enhances the performance of skin and hair care products, providing thickening, conditioning, suspending, stabilizing, good spreading, opacifying, and moisturizing effects. It is composed of a cationic homopolymer dispersed in carrier oil.

Tinogard® TT is a phenolic antioxidant used to stabilize oxidant-sensitive cosmetic formulations and ingredients. It protects fragrances, oils, fats, and other oxygen-sensitive ingredients from degradation during processing, handling, and storage, thus preserving product performance and providing a long shelf life.

Lamesoft® TM Benz is a cold-processable opacifier and performance wax that provides conditioning effects for hair and skin. It opacifies surfactant preparations and provides a creamy, rich emulsion-like appearance. This wax dispersion is recommended for opaque body and hair cleansing preparations.

Eumulgin® B 1 is a nonionic, self-emulsifying cream base for various O/W emulsions, including hair coloring, and is suitable for low-viscous systems. It is supplied as a white, wax-like mass with a mild odor. Benefits include its use in skin care and hair and scalp care formulations.

Cremophor® GS 32 is a distearate ester of triglycerol, with good physiological compatibility (PEG-free). It is a nonionic emulsifier that is suitable for emulsions with high concentrations of natural oils and UV filters and is an alternative to EO or sulfate-based emulsifiers. It can be used in face and body creams for dry and greasy skin, as well as in sun protection preparations.

Cetiol® MM is a waxy emollient with consistency giving properties, and it is suitable for use in all skincare formulations. It is a white to light yellowish pelletized wax mass with a distinctive odor. This product is suitable for use in skin care, cleanser, sun care, mother and baby, bath and body, face care, and self-tanning applications.

Sulfopon® 1216 G is a sodium coco-sulfate that has convenient handling, good storage stability and flowability, high bulk density, and good detergency. It is suited as a basic surfactant in cosmetic cleansing preparations such as shampoos, shower gels, and bath preparations.

Euperlan® PK 900 BENZ-W is a cold-processable, pumpable pearlescent concentrate that has a typical faint odor. It is well-suited for producing very dense, fine-structured, shiny surfactant preparations. This product has applications in several areas, including skin care, cleansers, mother and baby products, hair care, shampoos and conditioners, bath and body products, face care, and pet care. It is listed under both Pet Care TSCA and Pet Care DSL, with quantity restrictions.

Cetiol® SoftFeel is the newest soft-solid emollient developed by BASF Care Creations®. It is made from 100% renewable ingredients and is 100% naturally derived, according to ISO 16128. The versatile ingredient helps to moisturize and leave a soft feeling on the skin. For hair care applications, Cetiol® SoftFeel helps improve the wet and dry combability. It gently manages the frizz of curly hair without weighing it down and offers nourishment to damaged, coily hair. It can also act as a clean alternative to petroleum-based petrolatum, as the ingredients have very similar sensory and occlusivity properties. Cetiol® SoftFeel is applicable in a variety of beauty and personal care applications.

Cegesoft® HF 62 is a hydrogenated vegetable oil that can modify the rheological properties of emulsions. This ingredient is primarily composed of hydrogenated vegetable oils and appears as beige pellets with a bland odor. It is a versatile ingredient that can be used in various product categories, including after-sun formulations, baby care and cleansing products, body care, color care, face care, face cleansing, and self-tanning products.

Dehyquart® GUAR TC is a conditioning agent suitable for all kinds of transparent to clear rinse-off formulations, such as transparent volume shampoos, especially when used in combination with Plantasil® Micro. It is a transparent clear cationic guar quality that provides good conditioning performance for transparent cleansing systems, significantly improved wet and dry combability, a positive influence on anti hair-breakage, a soft skin feel, and a quality improvement of foam.

Eumulgin® BA 10 is a non-ionic emulsifier that is universally applicable in the manufacturing of oil-in-water emulsions for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. It is available in the form of white pellets or as a waxy solid. This emulsifier has benefits for both skin care and hair and scalp care.

Emulgade® 1000 NI is a universal, self-emulsifying non-ionic cream base suitable for many skin and hair care applications. It is compatible with anionic and cationic ingredients, and is excellent for creating O/W emulsions containing difficult-to-emulsify actives. This flexible, easy and cost-efficient self-emulsifying O/W cream base is a great choice for formulators.

Pluracare® 1307 is a versatile oil-in-water emulsifier, supplied in prill form, that can be used in a wide range of personal care products. It is particularly recommended for use in antiperspirant and deodorant formulations, where it provides excellent emulsion stability.

Neutrol® MGDA is a highly stable, eco-friendly complexing agent (also called a chelating agent) for personal care applications. This is BASF’s Care Creations®, which is readily biodegradable and stands out due to its excellent ecological and toxicological profile. Complexing agents are used in cosmetic products to form very stable complexes with metal ions, thereby inactivating their negative influences on the final formulation.

Dehydol® LS 3 Deo N is a laureth-3 polymer that is used as a thickener in cosmetic surfactant preparations due to its viscosity-increasing properties. It is a surface-active agent that is applied in skin care, body care, and hair care formulations.

Cosmedia® Triple C offers excellent thickening efficiency, emulsifying, and suspending performance. It has high shear thinning and easy spreading properties, as well as opacifying effects, and is suitable for hot or cold processing. With its truly outstanding sensory qualities, Cosmedia® Triple C is ideal not only for conditioners and other hair care products, but also for various body care concepts. Hair care products that provide a superior sensory experience become consumers’ favorites.

Cosmedia® Gel CC is a rheology additive that functions as an emulsion stabilizer and suspending agent. It improves product spreadability and offers improved water resistance in sun care formulations, enhancing overall product performance. It is also a rheology modifier that provides positive sensory effects in skin care products.

Plantapon® ACG 50 is a gentle anionic co-surfactant for enhanced body, hair, and oral cleansing applications. It is 100% naturally derived and biodegradable, being made from natural-origin amino acids and vegetable-based fatty acids. Plantapon® ACG 50 is gentle to skin and eyes and has good foaming properties. It is suitable for modern alternative surfactant systems.

Cegesoft® SH is an exotic, waxy emollient with a melting temperature near to skin temperature. It improves the body of skincare formulations, leaving a silky, non-lubricating velvety feeling on skin, and improves wet and dry combability of hair when used in shampoos. It is a waxy solid with a bland odor.

Cegesoft® Peel is a spherically shaped wax bead that provides a gentle and mild exfoliation. Mainly derived from natural and renewable resources, Cegesoft® Peel is a readily biodegradable and environmentally friendly alternative to non-degradable beads and sharp-edged abrasives. It is suitable for vegan and biodegradable rinse-off formulation concepts.

Eumulgin® VL 75 is a universally applicable, non-ionic emulsifier for the production of cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions. It is a clear to slightly turbid, yellowish, viscous liquid with an inherent odor. Natural based, emulsifier for skin care emulsions, especially suitable for low-viscous systems like lotions and sprays, high versatility regarding oil phase, very good make-up remover capacity, very good skin compatibility, cold processable, alternative to EO- or sulfate-based, emulsifier technology.

BASF Bisabolol rac is a versatile cosmetic active ingredient that is commonly used in various personal care applications such as skin care, oral care, sun care, and AP/deo products. Its primary function is as an anti-inflammatory agent, making it an effective ingredient for products that aim to soothe and calm the skin.

Tinovis® GTC UP is a rheology modifier for clear gel systems and an aqueous anionic acrylic copolymer emulsion. It offers good emulsifying properties with thickening features and electrolyte tolerance. With its good sensorial properties, it delivers a soft, silky, and smooth after-feel, and provides a combination of care and an elegant feel in emulsions. It is free of preservatives and can be used in cold processable formulations.

Verdessence™ Xanthan (formerly Rheocare XGN) is a crystal-clear polymer that efficiently thickens and stabilizes emulsions and surfactant-based formulations, providing excellent viscosity that is boosted by electrolytes like NaCl. This vegan-compatible xanthan gum is produced from 100% renewable feedstocks, is cold-processable, preservative-free, and eligible for COSMOS approval. It is ideal for clear, high-viscosity formulations with pH values greater than 5.5, including fashionable shampoos, body washes, and facial cleansers, as well as modern tooth gels.

Gluadin® WQ PP is hydrolyzed wheat protein suitable as a conditioning agent in hair care and surfactant preparations. GLUADIN® WQ PP finds application in after-sun, body, color & face care, conditioning, liquid soaps, shampoos, and styling products. It is also used in baby care and cleansing, face cleansing, personal care wipes, and shower/bath formulations.

Cetiol® J 600 is a slow-spreading emollient that gives a luxurious, long-lasting feel on the skin. It is a clear, slightly yellowish, polar oil with a weak odor and a mean molecular weight. This emollient is used in antiperspirants and deodorants, after-sun products, body care, face care, and shower/bath products.

Cutina® GMS V is a hydrophilic wax that is mainly used for viscosity adjustment in cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions. It is supplied as a white to slightly yellowish powder and provides consistency-giving characteristics to formulations. It has various benefits for skin care, hair care, and scalp care products.

Edeta® B Powder is a complex builder for sequestring of undesirable metal ions in cosmetic preparations. It functions as a chelating agent composed of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, tetra-sodium salt. Applications include after sun, baby care and cleansing, body care, color care, face care, face cleansing, personal care wipes, self tanning, shower/bath products, and sun protection.

Cutina® HVG is a highly efficient consistency wax that is compatible with non-ionic, cationic, and anionic ingredients and is most commonly found in raw materials. Its excellent crystallization behavior has a positive impact on the stability and viscosity of the final emulsion. This product can be used in body care, face care, sensitive skin care, baby care, and anti-aging applications.

Euperlan® OP White is a wax-based, readily biodegradable, and cold-processable opacifier. It creates a luxurious, pure white look for your skin and hair cleansing formulations, meeting the demand for ecologically friendly products and conforming to major eco-labels. The excellent anti-hair breakage and conditioning performance of Euperlan® OP White will help you design your next generation of creamy white, high-performance shampoos that are better for both perfectly healthy hair and the environment.